1798 rebellion during the French Revolutionary Wars

Two men apprehending Lord Edward Fitzgerald at gunpoint in his bed chamber for high treason. Line engraving with etching.

Irish rebels practise their weapons on the effigy of a British soldier which is spiked on a spear outside a country ale-house. Aquatint by J. Gillray, 1798.

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Ireland - History - Rebellion of 1798

Images from the collections

Images about Ireland - History - Rebellion of 1798

Works from the collections

Two men apprehending Lord Edward Fitzgerald at gunpoint in his bed chamber for high treason. Line engraving with etching.

Irish rebels practise their weapons on the effigy of a British soldier which is spiked on a spear outside a country ale-house. Aquatint by J. Gillray, 1798.